■The 1st Day: International Symposium “Can Osaka become the City of Art?”

○Date: Oct. 5th, (Sat), 2019

○Place: Meeting room on the 25th floor of Abeno Harukas

○Visit Lecture: “History and Current Efforts in the City of Art, Hamburg”

Mr. Inga Wellman (Section chief Culture Creation Industry, Department of Culture and Media, Hamburg)

Panel Discussion

Mitsuo Takada, Chairman (Professor of Kyoto University of Arts and Crafts, Emeritus Professor of Kyoto University)

Panelists

(1) efforts of activities for culture and arts by the private sector

Mr. Masahiro Yamamoto (Chief adviser of Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc., Former chairman of Arts and Culture Committee of Kansai Association of Corporate Executives)

(2) Change in roles of arts and culture in cities (focusing on Osaka/Kansai) Mr. Yukihiro Kadono (Professor of School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, Former chairman of Osaka City Planning Council)

(3) Osaka’s latest art scene and future

Ms. Hisako Hara (Art producer, Professor of Osaka Electro-Communication University)

(4) Osaka’s town development and relation with arts and culture Mr. Yasushi Shinohara (Osaka City development Bureau)

■The 2nd Day: Performance of Tennoji Bugaku and Japan-Germany Stage Talk

○Date: October 6th (Sun) 2019

○Place: Gochiko-in Shitenoji Temple

○Part 1: Performance of Tennoji Bugaku

1) Explanation of today’s Bugaku: Shinryu Ono (Executive director of Tennoji Bugaku Association)

2) Performance of Tennoji Bugaku: “Torika”, “Genjoraku”, “Chogeshi” (Iwaki-kai (now Garyokai))

○Part 2: Japan-Germany Special Talk (Traditional dance and Modern German Stage) 1) “Stage Art of Hamburg”

Ms. Sachiko Hara (Actor to Hamburg/Germany Stage, Actor to Zurich/Switzerland Stage)

2) Dialogue: Mr. Shinryu Ono x Ms. Sachiko Hara